Syl Johnson

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: December 31, 1900 in Portland, OR us

Died: February 20, 1985 in Portland, OR

Buried: Portland Memorial Cemetery, Portland, OR

High School: Portland HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 24, 1922 (Age 21-114d, 5,440th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 14, 1940 (Age 39-258d)
vs. CHC 9.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1922 season

Full Name: Sylvester W. Johnson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.4

112

117

ERA

4.06

542

209

2165.2

920

WHIP

1.283

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Team Record in Appearances: 19-23 / in Starts: 12-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 8

1929 Pitching Game Log

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1929 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
1	157	2	Apr 17	STL	@	CIN	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.79	7		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	.07	-0.01%
2	158	5	Apr 21	STL	@	CHC	L,0-4	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.13	4		0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.01%
3	159	11	Apr 28	STL		PIT	L,2-6	8-GF		6	2.0	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.99	10		0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.41	-0.17%
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
4	160	20	May 10	STL	@	BRO	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	11	9.0	7	0	0	4	7	0	0	0.00	2.37	37	76	0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.62	0.98%
5	161	25	May 16	STL	@	PIT	W,10-9	8-GF(10)	W(2-0)	5	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	2.62	12		0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	11.33	1.19%
6	162	28	May 19	STL	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG(11)	W(3-0)	2	11.0	7	1	0	1	2	0	1	0.00	2.76	42	82	2	1	0	40	0	1	0	0	0	1	7.71	2.49%
7	163	32	May 24	STL		CHC	L,4-5	8-8		4	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.76	4		0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.89	-0.05%
8	164	33	May 25	STL		CHC	W,7-6	11-GF(12)	W(4-0)	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.00	2.50	7		0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.42	1.13%
9	165	39	May 29(2)	STL		CIN	W,6-2	CG	W(5-0)	3	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	1	0	0.45	2.69	36	67	0	0	0	35	1	1	0	0	1	1	2.26	0.64%
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
10	166	43	Jun 3	STL		BRO	W,9-8	GS-5		4	4.0	5	6	6	5	1	1	0	1.64	3.29	20	24	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.33	-0.85%
11	167	45	Jun 4(2)	STL		BRO	L,8-11	2-6		0	4.2	5	4	3	2	4	1	0	2.03	3.47	21		0	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	2.70	-0.32%
12	168	49	Jun 8	STL		PHI	W,7-2	CG	W(6-0)	3	9.0	6	2	2	5	7	2	1	2.03	3.89	37	69	0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.11	0.62%
13	169	53	Jun 14	STL		BSN	W,4-3		S(1)	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.99	3.87	3					3					0
14	170	56	Jun 16(2)	STL		BSN	L,5-6			1	2.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.23	3.82	11					10					0
15	171	60	Jun 19(2)	STL	@	CHC	L,3-11	GS-3	L(6-1)	2	2.2	5	6	6	3	2	0	1	2.98	3.90	17	23	1	0	0	13	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.17	-1.07%
16	172	61	Jun 20	STL	@	CHC	L,6-7	2-3		0	1.1	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	3.48	4.11	12		1	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	4.87	-0.73%
17	173	67	Jun 30	STL		CHC	L,8-14	GS-6	L(6-2)	9	5.2	12	10	5	1	7	0	0	3.84	3.85	30	21	0	0	0	29	3	2	0	0	0	1	2.94	-0.86%
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
18	174	69	Jul 2	STL	@	PIT	L,3-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.79	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.34	0.07%
19	175	71	Jul 4(1)	STL	@	PIT	L,4-8	CG(8)	L(6-3)	1	8.0	11	8	6	3	1	0	1	4.03	3.81	40	30	2	0	0	36	1	3	1	0	0	1	1.54	-0.43%
20	176	74	Jul 6(1)	STL	@	PHI	L,6-10	7-GF(8)		1	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.95	3.81	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.01%
21	177	77	Jul 9	STL	@	PHI	W,7-4	9-GF(10)	W(7-3)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.86	3.73	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.07%
22	178	80	Jul 12	STL	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS-9		2	8.1	8	4	4	10	1	1	1	3.90	4.13	42	42	0	1	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	1	.63	0.01%
23	179	85	Jul 16	STL	@	NYG	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-3)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.55	4.02	31	73	0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	0	.14	0.04%
24	180	88	Jul 20	STL	@	BSN	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.52	3.97	4		1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
25	181	92	Jul 24	STL		PHI	W,6-4	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	2	2	0	3.56	4.10	37	54	0	0	0	36	4	0	0	1	0	1	.16	0.01%
26	182	98	Jul 30	STL		BRO	W,10-9	GS-5		5	4.2	12	6	6	0	2	1	1	3.88	4.15	25	18	0	1	1	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.01%
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
27	183	104	Aug 4	STL		BSN	W,5-0	SHO	W(10-3)	4	9.0	7	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.60	4.13	36	70	0	2	0	31	2	0	0	0	1	1	.04	0.01%
28	184	107	Aug 9	STL	@	PIT	L,6-7	5-GF(8)	L(10-4)	4	4.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.56	4.06	16		0	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.00%
29	185	110	Aug 12	STL	@	PHI	W,7-5	8-GF	S(2)	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.50	4.02	8		0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.00%
30	186	111	Aug 15	STL	@	NYG	L,7-9	7-7	BS(1)	2	0.2	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	3.69	4.12	5		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
31	187	116	Aug 20(2)	STL	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(10-5)	4	8.0	6	4	3	3	5	1	0	3.67	4.13	33	58	0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
32	188	120	Aug 24	STL	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.51	4.02	30	77	0	1	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	1	.00	0.00%
33	189	123	Aug 31	STL	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(12-5)	6	9.0	5	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.42	3.89	34	74	1	0	0	31	0	2	0	0	2	1	.00	0.00%
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GSc	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	acLI	cWPA
34	190	128	Sep 4(2)	STL		CHC	L,3-8	GS-6	L(12-6)	3	5.2	5	6	6	2	2	1	0	3.64	3.95	24	35	0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
35	191	130	Sep 8(1)	STL		PHI	L,6-8	8-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.63	3.94	1		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
36	192	134	Sep 11(2)	STL		BSN	W,7-1	CG	W(13-6)	2	9.0	11	1	1	0	3	0	1	3.49	3.87	37	64	0	0	0	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
37	193	138	Sep 15(1)	STL		NYG	L,0-4	9-GF		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.47	3.85	3		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
38	194	140	Sep 16	STL		NYG	W,5-4	8-11		0	3.1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.41	3.84	15		0	0	0	14	1	0	1	1	0	0	.00	0.00%
39	195	142	Sep 22(1)	STL		BRO	L,2-7			5	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.39	3.84	3					3					0
40	196	148	Sep 27	STL		PIT	W,4-2	8-GF	S(3)	4	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.36	3.84	6		0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
41	197	149	Sep 28	STL		PIT	L,5-8	GS-2		0	1.0	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.83	10	23	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.00%
42	198	153	Oct 5(2)	STL	@	PIT	L,7-8	7-GF(8)	BL(13-7)	6	2.0	4	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.65	3.81	10		0	0	0	8	1	1	0	0	1	0	.00	0.00%
							19-23		W-L:13-7,Sv:3,BSv:2	3.0	182.1	186	89	74	56	80	12	7	3.65	3.81	780	52	8	10	1	703	38	12	4	11	10	10	1.92	2.80%

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